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Brijesh Kumar Singh
Member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council
In office
8 Mar 2016 – 7 Mar 2022
Preceded byAnnapurna Singh
Succeeded byAnnapurna Singh
ConstituencyVaranasi Local Authorities
Personal details
NationalityIndia
Political partyIndependent
SpouseAnnapurna Singh (m.1991)
RelationsSushil Singh(nephew)
ProfessionPolitician
NicknameArun

Brijesh Kumar Singh (also known as Arun) is an Indian Mafia Don turned Politician[1] and a former Member of Uttar Pradesh legislative council as an Independent Candidate.

Political Career

Brijesh Singh started his political career in year 2012 while being lodged in Jail by contesting Assembly elections from Saiyadraja Vidhan Sabha as a candidate of PMSP but lost by margin of 2,016 votes.Then he contested the Legislative Council election's in 2016 as an independent candidate from his ancestral Varanasi Seat[2] which his wife & elder brother represented earlier and won by a margin of 1,954 votes and became MLC.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "Crime and Political Career of Brijesh Singh". The Print.
  2. ^ "Influence of Brijesh Singh in Varanasi region". Navbharat Times.
  3. ^ "Brijesh Singh wins from Varanasi as an independent candidate". India.com.
  4. ^ "Jailed Mafia Don & MLC Brijesh Singh Takes Oath". The Hindu.